BWF World Championships – PV Sindhu seeded 9th, Satwiksairaj-Chirag 5th

NEW DELHI: Former champion PV Sindhu will be the ninth seed in the women’s singles event at the BWF World Badminton Championships 2026, scheduled to be held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi from August 17 to 23.

India’s highest-seeded entry at the World Badminton Championships will be the men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who have been handed the fifth seed.

Former world championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen is seeded 14th in men’s singles, while Dhruv Kapila and Olympian Tanisha Crasto are the 15th seeds in mixed doubles. India will have two entries in each of the five badminton disciplines at the home world championships, with at least one seeded contender in four of them.

India has two entries each in all the five categories of the championships with at least one seeded entry in four of the five categories.

The Indians will be playing in front of the home crowd as the marquee event has returned to the country after 17 years with the 2009 edition being held in Hyderabad.

While the players qualified for the prestigious championships based on their world rankings of April 28, 2026, the seedings were decided on the basis of world ranking on July 28, 2026.

In men’s singles, Shi Yuqi of China is the top seed while South Korea’s women’s singles star An Se Young is the top seed in her category.

Women’s singles world champion Akane Yamaguchi of Japan is seeded second while the third and fourth spots have gone to Wang Zhi Yi and Chen Yufei of China.

South Korea’s Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae expected are at the top of the men’s doubles seeding chart with China’s Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning getting the top billing in women’s doubles. Their compatriots Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping are seeded number one in mixed doubles. The draw for the championships will take place in New Delhi on Wednesday.